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While JSF has had Ajax support for a long time now, it has always been through external libraries such as Ajax4Jsf/RichFaces, ICEfaces, DWR, DynaFaces, etc. With JSF 2, the framework now has first class, standardized support for Ajax. This is good news on several fronts. For those that want Ajax support but would rather not [...]
Category archives: JavaServer Faces
Mojarra 2.0 hits FCS
Ryan Lubke announced today the availability of the first production-ready JSF 2 implementation with the release of Mojarra 2.0. You can download the binaries directly from java.net, or, use the information Ryan posted for specifying a dependency in your Maven pom file. Congrats to (the rest of) the Expert Group and, of course, the Mojarra [...]
Mojarra Scales 1.3.2 Has Been Released
Late last night, I published Mojarra Scales 1.3.2. This is mostly a bug and performance fix, but here are some highlights from the release: <sc:links /> (and related supporting classes and components) was modified to allow files only from /scales to fix a pretty glaring security hole in some scenarios When multiple, local requests for [...]
FacesTester 0.3 Has Been Released
After a lot of changes and a long delay, I’m pleased to announce that we have released FacesTester 0.3 tonight. This version has a large number of new features. Read on the for details.
JavaServer Faces 2.0 Is Final!
See the Executive Committee for SE/EE vote here. Download Mojarra, the reference implementation, here.
FacesTester 0.2 Has Been Released
Today we released FacesTester 0.2. While this release has a number of bug fixes and more minor enhancements, one of the biggest new features is injection support.
Making Tables Harder Than They Need To Be
I know you’re not supposed to do this, but sometimes it’s just easier. Sometimes I use tables to layout out my forms. Especially for big forms, it’s just easier to put things in a table than deal with labels, CSS, etc. Right or wrong, I do it from time to time, but, thanks to David [...]
UPDATED: Web Beans Webinar
Tomorrow On May 19th, Pete Muir, JSF 2.0 Expert Group member and Web Beans implementation lead (if I recall correctly) will be leading, in conjunction with The Aquarium, a webinar covering the forthcoming Java Contexts and Dependency Injection JSR (JSR-299, formerly known by the JSR’s former name, Web Beans). Unfortunately, that’s right in the middle [...]
Book Review: Practical RichFaces
One of the great strengths and successes, I think, of the JavaServer Faces specification is the proliferation of third party components. One of the older and better known component sets is RichFaces, which started out under a company called Exadel and is now part of JBoss. For many, RichFaces is the first add-on component set [...]
Mojarra Scales 1.3.1 Has Been Released
Early this morning, I published Mojarra Scales 1.3.1. I’ve been remiss in making good updates where when I make release, so, rather than creating a new post for each release long after the fact, I’ll try to being everyone up to the current state in just one.